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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
May 23, 2014
Nov. 30, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Purchase accounting adjustments   $ (3,157,000)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
Hayes Industries [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement May 23, 2014  
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired 30,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
 
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High   4,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
Recognition of Goodwill due to Business acquired 14,400,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
 
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Intangible Assets Other than Goodwill 10,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
 
Purchase accounting adjustments   3,157,000us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
Hayes Industries [Member] | Customer relationships    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Intangible Assets Other than Goodwill 3,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
 
Hayes Industries [Member] | Patents    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Intangible Assets Other than Goodwill 5,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
 
Hayes Industries [Member] | Tradenames    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Intangible Assets Other than Goodwill 2,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
 
Hayes Industries [Member] | Non-compete agreements and other    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Intangible Assets Other than Goodwill $ 300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atu_HayesIndustriesMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= atu_NonCompeteAgreementsAndOtherMember